Zoran Corporation, a US registered company with strong Israeli roots, announced on 26 January 2006 today that they, and their wholly-owned subsidiary, Oak Technology, Inc., have reached a settlement with Taiwanese company MediaTek, Inc. regarding pending patent litigation. Read the rest of this entry »
Zoran Corporation reaches out of court settlement with Mediatek
January 31, 2006
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FCUK trade mark upheld
January 30, 2006The UK Trade Marks Registry hearing officer has rejected an application to declare the trade mark FCUK invalid on the ground that it was contrary to accepted principles of morality. Read the rest of this entry »
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Patentable Inventions – Software Patents
January 29, 2006Criticism of US Approach Judge Jacob spoke in London at a seminar for the Society for Computers and Law earlier this month, and has criticized the U.S. for allowing “anything under the sun” to be patented. Read the rest of this entry »
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Difference in Approach Between the United States and Europe
January 29, 2006Since President George Washington pushed for the passage of the first US Patent Act in 1789, the US patent system reflects the pioneering spirit of the founding fathers. Professor Jay Thomas of Georgetown University confirms that the case law of the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit has established that virtually any subject matter is potentially patentable.
The European tradition, on the other hand, is to allow patents for technology advances, in that they encourage research and development as a driving force for technology. Read the rest of this entry »
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Make your views on European Patents Heard
January 29, 2006The Director General for Internal Market and Services is consulting stakeholders of their needs in relation to the legal framework and possible actions in the field of intellectual Property. Read the rest of this entry »
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Anti-gravity Patent: the United States Patent Office Looking Patently Foolish
January 29, 2006The United States Patent and Trademark Office has approved a patent for a space vehicle that is propelled by a superconducting shield that can change the curvature of space-time outside the craft in a way that counteracts gravity. Read the rest of this entry »
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Patenting the Story line
January 29, 2006‘Inventor’ Andrew Knight has several United States published patent applications for the storylines of movie plots. So far his portfolio includes four patent applications that variously published in November and December of last year. They are all entitled “Process of relaying a story having a unique plot”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Israel Supreme Court ruling on Copyright Infringement of lecture notes
January 29, 2006ON 16 January 2006, Miriam Naor of the Israel Supreme Court upheld a decision of Tel Aviv District Court Judge Isiah Shinler, banning the sale of “Torts in the Light of Court Rulings” allegedly authored by Eithan Inbar. Plaintiff Dr. Asaf Yaacov, a lecturer at the Law School of the Herzlia Interdisciplinary Center claimed that Inbar essentially transcribed and published his lectures. Read the rest of this entry »
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Senior Chemistry and Biotechnology Examiner joins Fa©tor-Patent Attorneys as consultant
January 29, 2006Recently Fa©tor-Patent Attorneys announced that Dr. Bernard Crammer, a chemist who worked for over 30 years at the Israel Patent Office, has joined them on a consultancy basis. Bernard brings with him a wealth of experience in Israel Patent Office procedures and strengthens their Chemistry Department.
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Israel Trademark Decision re No. 116571 to Dewilux (23 January 2006)
January 29, 2006
On 19 January, 2006, Israel Commisioner of Patents & Trademarks, Dr. Meir Noam, ruled in favour of British based, International Chemical Giant ICI, and refused to register Dewilux in the trademark register, due to its similarity to Dulux, ICI’s flagship paint product. Dulux has been in use since 1931, but Turkish Paint brand Duwilux has been around for over 50 years as well. This decision reflects the similarity in pronunciation between the two marks and that Dulux can be considered as being an Internationally well-known Mark. It accords well with similar decisions reached on this issue in other jurisdictions.
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